23 April 2010

Old


I wanna make you smile whenever you're sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
Oh, all I wanna do is grow old with you

I'll get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you

I'll miss you
Kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold

Need you
Feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed when you've had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you

Lyrics by Adam Sandler in the movie "The Wedding Singer" (youtube)

Picture by Gemma Collier. Source: National Geographic
Caption to the picture by Gemma Collier
"September 8, 2009. My grandfather was born and raised in our New Zealand farm. He and my grandmother were married nearly 60 years. Preparing for a photo in the barley, my grandmother lovingly reached up to adjust his hat. This was his last harvest."

2 comments:

Paul Long said...

Trouble is that sometimes as both get old together, they also have special needs at the same time and find it hard to help *sigh* :-(

ge said...

reality bites..